OE08 In Situ Characterization of Tungstated ZrO2 Solid Acid Catalysts during Pentane Isomerization

Monday, June 6, 2011: 1:30 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 2 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Israel E. Wachs1, Charles A. Roberts1 and Michael S. Wong2, (1)Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX
Tungstated zirconia is a robust solid acid catalyst that can isomerizes pentane at low temperatures.  To fully understand the tungstated zirconia solid acid catalysts it is important to characterize the catalysts under relevant reaction conditions using Raman, IR and UV-vis spectroscopy.

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